Sodium-Dependent Neutral Amino Acid Transporter 2 Can Serve as a Tertiary Carrier for l-Type Amino Acid Transporter 1-Utilizing Prodrugs. 2023

Johanna Huttunen, and Thales Kronenberger, and Ahmed B Montaser, and Adéla Králová, and Tetsuya Terasaki, and Antti Poso, and Kristiina M Huttunen
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland.

Membrane transporters are the key determinants of the homeostasis of endogenous compounds in the cells and their exposure to drugs. However, the substrate specificities of distinct transporters can overlap. In the present study, the interactions of l-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1)-utilizing prodrugs with sodium-coupled neutral amino acid transporter 2 (SNAT2) were explored. The results showed that the cellular uptake of LAT1-utilizing prodrugs into a human breast cancer cell line, MCF-7 cells, was mediated via SNATs as the uptake was increased at higher pH (8.5), decreased in the absence of sodium, and inhibited in the presence of unselective SNAT-inhibitor, (α-(methylamino)isobutyric acid, MeAIB). Moreover, docking the compounds to a SNAT2 homology model (inward-open conformation) and further molecular dynamics simulations and the subsequent trajectory and principal component analyses confirmed the chemical features supporting the interactions of the studied compounds with SNAT2, which was found to be the main SNAT expressed in MCF-7 cells.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011355 Prodrugs A compound that, on administration, must undergo chemical conversion by metabolic processes before becoming the pharmacologically active drug for which it is a prodrug. Drug Precursor,Drug Precursors,Pro-Drug,Prodrug,Pro-Drugs,Precursor, Drug,Precursors, Drug,Pro Drug,Pro Drugs
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012964 Sodium A member of the alkali group of metals. It has the atomic symbol Na, atomic number 11, and atomic weight 23. Sodium Ion Level,Sodium-23,Ion Level, Sodium,Level, Sodium Ion,Sodium 23
D061986 MCF-7 Cells An estrogen responsive cell line derived from a patient with metastatic human breast ADENOCARCINOMA (at the Michigan Cancer Foundation.) MCF7 Cells,Michigan Cancer Foundation 7 Cells,Cell, MCF-7,Cell, MCF7,Cells, MCF-7,Cells, MCF7,MCF 7 Cells,MCF-7 Cell,MCF7 Cell
D026905 Amino Acid Transport Systems Cellular proteins and protein complexes that transport amino acids across biological membranes. Amino Acid Permeases,Amino Acid Transporters,Amino Acid Permease,Amino Acid Transporter,Permease, Amino Acid,Permeases, Amino Acid,Transporters, Amino Acid
D026921 Amino Acid Transport Systems, Neutral Amino acid transporter systems capable of transporting neutral amino acids (AMINO ACIDS, NEUTRAL). Neutral Amino Acid Transport Systems,Neutral Amino Acid Transporters,Zwitterionic Amino Acid Transport Systems,Na+-Independent Neutral Amino Acid Transporter,Neutral Amino Acid Transport Proteins,Sodium Dependent Neutral Amino Acid Transport Proteins,Sodium Dependent Neutral Amino Acid Transporters,Sodium Independent Neutral Amino Acid Transport Proteins,Sodium Independent Neutral Amino Acid Transporters,Zwitterionic Amino Acid Transport Proteins,Zwitterionic Amino Acid Transporters,Na+ Independent Neutral Amino Acid Transporter

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